Wiki source code of Upgrade the Standard Flavor of the Wiki Using the Distribution Wizard
Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2026/08/13 15:14
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| 1 | To upgrade the pre-installed standard flavor of the wiki with the [[Distribution Wizard>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.DistributionWizard]], once the [[distribution has been upgraded>>documentation.xs.admin.upgrade.distribution.WebHome]]: | ||
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| 3 | 1. Start the XWiki instance. | ||
| 4 | 1. Log in with a user that has [[programming rights>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Access Rights.Permission types.WebHome||anchor="HProgrammingRights"]]. | ||
| 5 | 1. Choose how to proceed in the Welcome step of the Distribution Wizard:((( | ||
| 6 | {{image reference="distribution-wizard-steps.png" size="large" alt="The Distribution Wizard Welcome step, presenting the steps and the Continue, Later and Never options"/}} | ||
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| 8 | * "Continue" moves to the next step. | ||
| 9 | * "Later" prompts you again after XWiki is restarted. Its "Replay recorded actions" sub-option instead sends you to the [[Extension History>>extensions:Extension.Extension Manager Application||anchor="HExtensionHistory"]], where a history file exported from another wiki can be replayed. | ||
| 10 | * "Never" discards the Distribution Wizard, leaving you to [[import the XAR>>documentation.xs.admin.imports.import-xwiki-pages.WebHome]] yourself. | ||
| 11 | ))) | ||
| 12 | 1. Upgrade the extensions installed on the wiki. On a subwiki you can only check the extensions installed on that subwiki; on the main wiki, "Check for updates" computes the plan for the main wiki and the global namespace, and "Check for updates on farm" for every wiki of the farm:((( | ||
| 13 | {{gallery}} | ||
| 14 | [[image:check-extension-updates.png||alt="The Distribution Wizard step for checking extension upgrades"]] | ||
| 15 | [[image:check-updates-farm.png||alt="The Distribution Wizard checking extension upgrades on the whole farm"]] | ||
| 16 | [[image:check-updates-finish.png||alt="The Distribution Wizard reporting that all extensions have been successfully updated"]] | ||
| 17 | {{/gallery}} | ||
| 18 | ))) | ||
| 19 | 1. Click "Continue" to leave the report the Distribution Wizard produced. It lists the Pages that were updated, as follows:((( | ||
| 20 | {{image reference="pages-distribution-wizard.png" size="large" alt="The Distribution Wizard report listing the Pages updated by the flavor upgrade"/}} | ||
| 21 | ))) |
